Now I remember why did I pick Suse, damn, it's always a nightmare to install graphic cards.

Where did you guys get the kernel-source to nvidia since the installer doesn't find one on nvidia FTP?

I do not really understand your question, but if you are using the command line to install the Nvidia drivers (a good idea, by the way), you need to set up your distribution to be able to compile source code. The kernel-source, make, and gcc packages (for example) should be on the installation DVD (or one of the several installation CDs) and can be installed via the Software Management utility in the Mandriva Control Center.

Like Cogar said, I'm confused. There is no "kernel source" for nvidia.
You must download a tar gzip file (.tgz) from nvidia.com. This has the latest "source code" for the drivers you need. Then as root user, at a terminal or command line interface, you follow the directions in the file "readme", or similar. Unzip the file, use the "make" command to compile the driver, use "make install" to do the installation. Or, maybe, you will get lucky, and there will be a simple ./ shell script for you to invoke.
Either way, download the .tgz file from nvidia, unzip, and follow the instructions.

Hope this helps,

Shorty943.

I don't use Mandriva, So maybe I am speaking out of turn, but I think that you must have the right kernel headers installed before you can even think of installing Nvidia drivers.

whoa.

in most distros people said that nvidia has the most support for linux compared to ATI cards..

i got radeon 9800XT in my machine. downloaded the driver from ati's official site, and it works fine for me. although im finding difficulties about how to install the driver

i think its gonna be easy for you installing nvidia card driver if you got the right driver from nvidia's official website..

i tried many drivers from various source, but the one that works came from ati's official site

and dont forget to uninstall your old driver before you install the new one

I meant, that, on Suse, it's much esier, you add ftp server of nvidia and Yast install graphic kernel and driver.

On Mandriva you need to do compile, blah blah...

So, you say that kernel-source is on installation dvd, i'll check it out and let you know if it worked.

Cheers

Well, things have changed with version 10.2. Nvidia's driver is considered proprietary and is no longer part of the distribution, and the RPM in the SUSE repository (the one I used, anyway) was lousy. Even viewing a text document or surfing the web, I saw lags and stalls. I needed to install the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9746-pkg1.run Nvidia driver using the command line. That driver install worked perfectly, by the way.

joint, you won't have to compile.

Just make sure you have the development packages mentioned above installed.

Go to init 3 and launch the nvidia installer and you are away/off/going.

I think you may still need to make sure your agpGART corresponds with your motherboard chipset. (you may need to compile the kernel to do that)

ok, found the kernel-source rpm on dvd, and installed everything it asked except this (cause it's not on DVD):
Where can i find it, I already made a lot of searches on Google and so far, nothing...

Google up, Sourceforge, Freshmeat, Slashdot. However, it should be on your disk set, as ncurses is part of all distro's I have used.

Shorty.

Ok, problem solved... but it wasn't easy...

Thank you guys...

Nothing worth it's weight, ever is easy. Glad to hear all is now Okay.

Shorty.